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[Help] Not sure what to do.

I posted this in the general Q&A but got no opinions. Maybe you guys can lend some unbiased help.
So I've gotten myself into a pickle. Let me start this by saying that staying on AT&T is not an option for personal reasons.
Current situation: HTC Inspire 4G with an unlimited data plan on AT&T.
Living in NY metro area with great coverage.
Got the green light from AT&T to cancel my contract with no ETF if I want.
Hopes & Dreams: Have a great phone on a future-proof network (LTE for example) while guaranteeing myself unlimited data.
Obviously I have a lot to weigh here:
AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile.
I feel like this is pure bad news if I were to stay with AT&T or switch to T-Mobile. If I stay AT&T, prices are sure to go up, and sure I keep my unlimited data, but the network is going nowhere fast. 4G is bull****. 3.5G at best. All in all, the real innovation and envelope pushing just isn't happening here.
Verizon's LTE & Tiered Data.
From what I hear, the speeds are gorgeous. I checked and I'm in a hot coverage area. But I also hear indoor coverage sucks, and the LTE > 3G handoff is sloppy and leads to service drops.
Then there's the tiered data. I'm sure if I were to wait too long, I'll miss the boat on unlimited LTE data. Hence the reason I feel I need to make a move soon.
Sprint.
Short & sweet: Is the 4G good? Phone selection ramping up any time soon? What's hot now? The Pre 3 looks amazing, but if it'll be on Verizon, I'm not sure what Sprint may have to lure me in.
MetroPCS.
Just kidding
Anyway, any and all input is appreciated. I'm just not sure where to go and how.
Keep in mind I need to do the carrier change by May 4th.
Thanks!

Sprint 4g is about as fast as my current att phone 300kb/s to 600kb/s at best but indoor penetration well there is none
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Go with the new metro phones my friend gets 12kbps download . Blazing fast!
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Go with the new metro phones my friend gets 12kbps download . Blazing fast!
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I hope you meant mbps.
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Haha nope kb
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That is quite a predicament.
I don't know too much, but I'll see if anything I do know helps:
My friend is on Sprint 4G (with the Evo) and his speeds are about what mine are (avg ~2.1 mbps down) in the middle of Indiana, so that says something.
I'm really not a fan of Verizon. Sure their service coverage is better but customer service is just as bad as AT&T and you can't use data and voice at the same time (something I depend on)
Just my input, hope it helps.

Go with Verizon you can use data and voice at the same time at least on the Thunderbolt
Edit: My speed test
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I have three friends who purchased the Thunderbolts the day they came out. Two love it, the other hated it and returned it within a week because the battery sucked and it was "buggy". The one that returned it is longtime android users so it wasn't android that was the problem. I personally think the phone is awesome, and you can get a goofy looking extended battery so if the only concern is battery life it isn't really a problem. I am in San Diego and the down and up speeds are literally in the 20mb range every time they speed test those things, makes the 3mb down on the Inspire look pretty shabby.
If I did not have 4 phones all with data plans at varying stages of renewal on my contract I would probably make the switch.
My only question is how in the heck did you get out of your contract?!?!?!

Funny that I see this. I'm more or less in a similar situation. I recently renewed from an out-of-contract state and got the Inspire, but I'm still within my return window.
First, let me say that there's no such thing as a "future-proof" network. Remember that commercial with Ozzy and Justin Bieber? It's only a matter of time before someone comes up with a 5G, then a 6G... and so on.
Furthermore, I just found out there is no industry standard for what constitutes a 'G' anyway. So it gets down to throughput, and how much of it you need for what you do. After that is price and hardware, not necessarily in that order.
I think it all depends on what you need the most. I agree that Verizon's speeds are screaming where you have good signal. But I read an analysis which said that on average AT&T's network is faster in the majority of areas. IOW, if you travel outsize a Verizon 'hot zone', their speed is on a par with, and in some cases slower than, AT&T. So where Verizon has them beat in 'hot spots', overall in daily use for those of us who travel around (or live in a more rural area), AT&T might be the better choice.
Don't kid yourself. Verizon isn't exactly looking to rock the boat pushing bleeding edge technology either. they're not inclined to invest money that they don't have to, or create more customer service issues than they already have. So that "future proof" network you're looking for won't be found at Verizon any more than you'll find it at AT&T.
I have no comment about Sprint or MPCS other than the fact that having traveled all over the country for business over the years, AT&T had the most consistent service for voice (which is my primary need) than even Verizon. Besides, it seems you already answered your own question regarding Sprint or MPCS. If you plan on venturing outside an urbanized inner-city area, you're pretty much screwed. After all... hellooooo... it's METRO pcs, not Pocono pcs.
Let me share with you what I'm inclined to do.
I love the Inspire, but when I saw the HTC Sensation is coming to Tmo, I had a moment of pause (as you did) and thought to return it and wait. But as you noted, with AT&T buying Tmo, there's a lot of 'if' on that plan to jump ship, since there's no saying when the two companies merge that I won't be forced into another phone. Or that the Sensation will get 4G speeds when the networks converge. Or that the bootloader will be cracked so I can install an unbranded ROM. Or that you will be able to use the Tmo phone on the merged network... lots of variables there.
If there's a reason why you just can't stay with AT&T and the Inspire, then I'd say Verizon is your next best choice. But given the Thunderbolt is nearly identical to the Inspire, and Verizon is more expensive for buying the phone ($175 vs. $50), it's your choice on whether the enhanced (but not always faster in all cases and in all places) data speed is worthwhile.
And of course we all need to remember that a contract is only 24 months. It goes quick. Not like it's a tattoo where you're living with it for the rest of your life.
Hope this helps...

How do I enable HSUPA on Infuse 4G?

How do I enable HSUPA on the Infuse 4G? I had the Inspire 4G and to enable it I just had to edit the one line of the build.prop, but I'm not seeing a HSUPA in the build property file.
Anyone have any ideas?

bella92108 said:
How do I enable HSUPA on the Infuse 4G? I had the Inspire 4G and to enable it I just had to edit the one line of the build.prop, but I'm not seeing a HSUPA in the build property file.
Anyone have any ideas?
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Dani897 said:
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Not on mine. Getting 384kbps upload capped like when I first got my Inspire 4G
Right next to it my Inspire 4G is getting 1.5mbps upload... so clearly the 384kbps just happens to be the cap for non HSUPA, lol

i get 2.2mbps down and 7ish up. though on speed test app i rarely get any better than you are getting. try using the web browser on speakeasy.com. the speed test apps dont really work that well on this phone for some reason

on settings the about phone then mobile network type, shouldnt it say HSPA+?
why do we have HSDPA? is it because we have a diffrent class form the atrix?

Transformer27 said:
on settings the about phone then mobile network type, shouldnt it say HSPA+?
why do we have HSDPA? is it because we have a diffrent class form the atrix?
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atrix has hsdpa+ they promised an update to enable full hspa+ to the atrix and the inspire. the infuse is supposed to be the first full hspa+ phone. just att changing there tune on things as verizon steals iphone customers. also it takes time to update the network to support that the traffic. as the backend get stronger they will budge more on regulations.

Hmm i still think it should say HSPA+. but either way i still get pretty decent down and up speeds.
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Transformer27 said:
Hmm i still think it should say HSPA+. but either way i still get pretty decent down and up speeds.
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try speakeasy.com in the web browser. my phone agrees eith that much better. i was getting similar download to you or less on speedtest bt on speakeasy i get up to 7mbps down

i got about the same

it might be something odd about my area and att's servers. my area was all Cell1 towers and were only updated about christmas time. i only had edge up till then and the area has always been weird.

i think ever since i had cingular>att i have had 3G down here.

same here
I am getting around 6MBPS up and around 300KBPS down. I also tried the speakeasy.net with same results. I have checked the speed in many locations and I found only one area that was giving me 2.5MBPS up. The download speed is high in all locations. ATT store told me that is the way it is (faster than 3G).

Its already enable. If you are getting slow uploads is your tower, try it at different times and dates. I will get anywhere from 100 to 1.5mbps on different days and times.
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I have noticed that my speeds are the same as they were on the atrix. After the speed cap unlock.

Also keep in mind that ATT has just really started making the upgrades on their network from hspa to hspa+ just late last year and mostly in the centralized areas of major cities, starting with the standard backhaul of 14mb/s. Which is what the Inspire and Atrix are designed to run on. They are just barely starting to upgrade their network backhaul to the 21mb/s that T-Mo has already had in place on just about their entire since last year.
Now even though ATT has decided to go LTE, and while they are still slowing upgrading to 21mb/s hspa+, T-Mo has just started rolling out the next step up which is 42mb/s. It is with this that ATT plans to use as their regular next gen network when they purchase tmobile with real world speed of about 10mb/s down and 6mb/s up vs their 100mb/s LTE which has already been shown off to offer a real time download of about 25mb/s.

SSJ_Gomike said:
Also keep in mind that ATT has just really started making the upgrades on their network from hspa to hspa+ just late last year and mostly in the centralized areas of major cities, starting with the standard backhaul of 14mb/s. Which is what the Inspire and Atrix are designed to run on. They are just barely starting to upgrade their network backhaul to the 21mb/s that T-Mo has already had in place on just about their entire since last year.
Now even though ATT has decided to go LTE, and while they are still slowing upgrading to 21mb/s hspa+, T-Mo has just started rolling out the next step up which is 42mb/s. It is with this that ATT plans to use as their regular next gen network when they purchase tmobile with real world speed of about 10mb/s down and 6mb/s up vs their 100mb/s LTE which has already been shown off to offer a real time download of about 25mb/s.
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Yeah the issue is too coincidental that I'm capped at 384kbps... which is the cap of disabling HSUPA. My iPhone gets 1.1mbps upload, my Inspire 4G gets 1.2mbps upload, yet my Infuse gets 384kbps EVERY TIME? I call shenanigans.

bella92108 said:
Yeah the issue is too coincidental that I'm capped at 384kbps... which is the cap of disabling HSUPA. My iPhone gets 1.1mbps upload, my Inspire 4G gets 1.2mbps upload, yet my Infuse gets 384kbps EVERY TIME? I call shenanigans.
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it may be an issue with the radio firmware. there were articles about some protocall they use and blah blah. it might not work on the infuse in your particular area, but as you can see there are a few of us getting hsupa speeds and we did not do any special mods to our phones. i wish i could have a specific reason for you but that's just how att and technology in general work sometimes

Dani897 said:
it may be an issue with the radio firmware. there were articles about some protocall they use and blah blah. it might not work on the infuse in your particular area, but as you can see there are a few of us getting hsupa speeds and we did not do any special mods to our phones. i wish i could have a specific reason for you but that's just how att and technology in general work sometimes
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Boo, shady, hehe

AT&T LTE in Los Angeles?

Is it available in LA as far as anyone who lives there/has a Skyrocket, since the map (not even sure if it's the correct map) doesn't show it but there's news stories that say it has been started...

yes I am getting 4G LTE

What kind of speeds are you getting? Would be nice to get Skyrocket speed screenshot thread going on...

do you know why we can't get 4g signal with the I777

rsx1022 said:
do you know why we can't get 4g signal with the I777
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4g as in HSPA+ or as in LTE?
If you are talking about LTE, then it's pretty obvious, since we don't have the LTE built-in... but you probably know that already.

I'll try to get to a better signal area tomorrow if it stop raining...
Where I live I only get 1 bar, BUT with only 1 bar, I am already getting 1Mbit-2.5Mbit.. down and 400kb-900kb up --- which is like WH0A

mbze430 said:
I'll try to get to a better signal area tomorrow if it stop raining...
Where I live I only get 1 bar, BUT with only 1 bar, I am already getting 1Mbit-2.5Mbit.. down and 400kb-900kb up --- which is like WH0A
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That doesn't sound like lte you got there, that is a low hspa+ speed. Lte should be giving a lot higher than that.
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RockRatt said:
That doesn't sound like lte you got there, that is a low hspa+ speed. Lte should be giving a lot higher than that.
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Thats about average with HSPA+ for us in LA area, if thats lowest with LTE thats still pretty good. With a good signal I think it will be a lot higher.

put it this way... in LA HSPA+ avg WITH full bar is about 1.2mbit. with 1 bar I am normally getting 90kb, lol.

I'm getting higher speeds with HSPA+ with one bar...

Why I said that IF you are connecting to lte then that would be too low. I live in Buena Park CA just south of LA border with OC and MY AREA I get only a from 2-3 bars and jumping between H+ and 3G and I will get about 2Mb download sometimes up to 3Mb download, and always consistently .8-1.2 upload BUT I am on the OG SGS2 which DOESNT have lte.
So IF you are getting close to the same speed it SOUNDS LIKE you are connecting to the hspa+ and not lte. Your area probably doesn't have lte turned on yet, mine doesn't. I was told by the retention department that I would have lte by the end of this year in my area.
By the way WHEN I AM AT WORK in Newport Beach I get about 8+ download and about 1.5 upload with my OG SGS2.
SO LONG STORY SHORT I would BET you are connecting to hspa+ and not lte with those speeds.
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Never mind, AT&T probably lied to me when I chatted with them. This clearly shows it on their site, but at the same time, I'm probably going with the Skyrocket and pray that they bring out LTE in LA sometime in the very near future.
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LA does have LTE just hasn't "officially" launched cause they don't have enough of an infrastructure to support full roll-out. The skyrocket should be at some bestbuys already but ill have to check tomm to confirm. Also the reason select corporate stores didn't get the OGS2

Ohhhh, makes sense...Yeah, don't think I can exchange my current GS2 at Best Buy so I'll probably do it through an AT&T store. Just want to wait a week, since I have about 20+ days left on my exchange window anyway.

AT&T LTE isn't available in Los Angeles yet. The "4G" icon that you're seeing on your skyrocket is misleading, because AT&T also considers HSPA+ to be "4G." So when your skyrocket says "4G," and you're in Los Angeles, then that means you're on HSPA+.
Source: AT&T's website>list of cities with LTE coverage

Well, Verizon did it, too, when they first came out, but they build towers up in the city before they announce that it has 4G LTE there. So, your city might have 4G LTE coverage, but in fact, AT&T hasn't publicly announced it yet. Unfortunately, we know now for a fact that it's not coming in LA for at least until the end of this year, and I've decided myself to not go with the Skyrocket anyway so w/e.

AT&T store representative said that California as a whole will be getting LTE by mid January. They already have all the networks set up, they just haven't unlocked it yet. So yeah,

Imitation Cheese said:
AT&T LTE isn't available in Los Angeles yet. The "4G" icon that you're seeing on your skyrocket is misleading, because AT&T also considers HSPA+ to be "4G." So when your skyrocket says "4G," and you're in Los Angeles, then that means you're on HSPA+.
Source: AT&T's website>list of cities with LTE coverage
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Its not misleading. SR has 4G and then 4G with LTE in small print under. Now HSPA+ is often misleading.
I use a SR for work and SGS2 for personal so I have seen the difference. Also data on SR is much faster than the SGS2 OG.
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Big Dawg 23 said:
Its not misleading. SR has 4G and then 4G with LTE in small print under. Now HSPA+ is often misleading.
I use a SR for work and SGS2 for personal so I have seen the difference. Also data on SR is much faster than the SGS2 OG.
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Having dailey use with both phones, which you do you find yourself going for first? Or does it not matter?
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AT&T just flipped the LTE switch on Los Angeles! Restart your phone. You're in for a nice surprise.

AT&T One X Signal

So I'm returning my HTC One X anyway to AT&T this weekend because of the multitasking issues, but also because I really don't feel my signal is any better than T-Mobile's, so I'm going back to T-Mo...
My question is, what's the deal with the signal? Everyone says that (at least here in Las Vegas, NV) AT&T signal kills T-Mobile... Now don't get me wrong, when I had full bars of "4G LTE" it was insanely fast... but once it dropped down to 1 or 2 bars, the speed dropped way below what I normally get with T-Mo's HSPA+. On top of that, a lot of the time I'd be stuck with "4G" (no LTE) which seems to be the equivalent of T-Mo's Edge network... I did a speed test once with 3 or 4 bars (I forget) of "4G" and it was less than ONE MB/S. Sure I could make phone calls with that much signal but forget about data. Maybe a webpage or syncing my Gmail if I was lucky but certainly not Facebook.
So is that AT&T or HTC that's calling that slow speed "4G"? And am I right that "4G" (without LTE) is the equivalent of Edge? I was kinda thinking that "4G" was going to be somewhat equivalent to T-Mo's HSPA+, since everyone bags on it as not being nearly as good as LTE, but it's still pretty damn fast...
The reason I'm asking all this now, even though I'm returning the phone and jumping back to T-Mo within my 30 day grace period, is that when my contract is actually up, I may look to switch again still (unless T-Mo coverage really does get better as people are saying, and/or they get some really awesome phone choices). Sprint's out of the question, but maybe I'd give Verizon a try, but I'm wondering if maybe part of these signal quality questions I'm asking above have to do with the phone more and less AT&T and maybe I should give AT&T another try in the future...
Anyway, any feedback/suggestions are appreciated.

LTE is actually a 3g standard. It is blazing fast when you are close to an antenna, but falls off quick with distance. LTE is not 4g. Hspa+ is 4g.
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c5satellite2 said:
LTE is actually a 3g standard. It is blazing fast when you are close to an antenna, but falls off quick with distance. LTE is not 4g. Hspa+ is 4g.
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Actually you have that backwards, LTE is actually fourth gen, while hspa+ is more like 3.5, or commonly referred to as FAUX G. Just trying to help :thumbup:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G
I have done somemore readingat the request of . I see that HSPA+ has received 4g status, so hat part I stand corrected.
LTE is still, by far, the faster future of handsets.
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[email protected] said:
Actually you have that backwards, LTE is actually fourth gen, while hspa+ is more like 3.5, or commonly referred to as FAUX G. Just trying to help :thumbup:
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I second this. ATT LTE is pretty Damn fast and I have it everywhere I go. 18 mb download speed is amazing. HSPA+ is just 3.5g in a sense.
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the kid is trolling obviously

I checked out the AT&T HTC One X in the store yesterday. They had 2 up on display, different colors. I have to say, absolute great build with the most gorgeous screen I have ever seen on a smartphone. But, the HSPA+ (3.5/4G not LTE) speeds were indeed atrocious - anywhere from 0.3 to 1.1 MB/s. Phones had almost full bars. Wonder what is up with that.

I'm in an hspa+ area and I'm happy with my speeds
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I'm in an hspa+ area and I'm happy with my speeds
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Those speeds look indeed good and they are what they are supposed to be on HSPA+. So how does the signal strength of this phone compare to the Samsung or Motorola phones? I had the captivate on AT&T and now the Nexus on Verizon and the signal strength on both was subpar. The signal strength on the Motorola bionic was outstanding.

GermanGuy said:
Those speeds look indeed good and they are what they are supposed to be on HSPA+. So how does the signal strength of this phone compare to the Samsung or Motorola phones? I had the captivate on AT&T and now the Nexus on Verizon and the signal strength on both was subpar. The signal strength on the Motorola bionic was outstanding.
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I had 2 out of 5 bars when I took that test I was shocked it was so good.
Also I've never had good tests inside an AT&T store. Lots of phones, all on, all competing for bandwidth

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I'm in an hspa+ area and I'm happy with my speeds
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Agreed, though this is a little faster than I have got on "4G", I have hit mid 5 Mb/s down and 1.2-3 Mp/s up. It obviously isn't LTE because I've got about 39 Mb/s down and 23 Mb/s on that, but it'll easily search web pages.

To be fair mine is on average 2-3 mbit down most of the time.

My hspa+ averages in the 5mb to 8mb , with speeds reaching up to 15 every now and then. LTE could be just around the corner for us, I can hardly wait. Of course tour reception is based on location, but compared to my many many phones I have had, I don't see this being any bettered worse than a majority of them.
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The phone seems to say 4G regardless of connection, using the Asian Rom that uses the H+ logo instead of AT&Ts 4G branding, even with 3-4 bars it constant would switch between 3G and H+ in areas without lte

So how is the phone reception overall compared to Samsung and Motorola?

so from what i just read it sounds like you're all saying that when the phone says "4G" and not "4G LTE" that it's really supposedly getting HSPA+ speeds? Cause no way is that the case in Las Vegas... Like I said, it's more like T-Mobile Edge. Definitely part of the reason I'm just returning the phone and going back... Because I get "4G" far more than I get "4G LTE" and when I do the speed is horrible...
This is also very strange because part of the reason I considered AT&T (aside from the HTC One X) is because all my friends with iPhones get great coverage and great speed, even without LTE, pretty much anywhere they go in Las Vegas. So I figured AT&T must just be awesome here in Las Vegas... Is it possible they somehow give iPhones priority signal or something?

polarbearmc said:
so from what i just read it sounds like you're all saying that when the phone says "4G" and not "4G LTE" that it's really supposedly getting HSPA+ speeds? Cause no way is that the case in Las Vegas... Like I said, it's more like T-Mobile Edge. Definitely part of the reason I'm just returning the phone and going back... Because I get "4G" far more than I get "4G LTE" and when I do the speed is horrible...
This is also very strange because part of the reason I considered AT&T (aside from the HTC One X) is because all my friends with iPhones get great coverage and great speed, even without LTE, pretty much anywhere they go in Las Vegas. So I figured AT&T must just be awesome here in Las Vegas... Is it possible they somehow give iPhones priority signal or something?
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personally I think its a couple bad HOX's out there. Mine sux in regards to signal and I cant run a speedtest to save my life. I've ran the 1.82 RUU, rooted and debloated and there is no difference for me. My buddy has one and has zero issues that im having so i have direct comparison and totally different results. I'm going to swap mine out this weekend and if I get another lemon i'll be getting a Note. I came from a Syrocket and from a signal perspective it blows MY HOX away.

bhyde said:
personally I think its a couple bad HOX's out there. Mine sux in regards to signal and I cant run a speedtest to save my life. I've ran the 1.82 RUU, rooted and debloated and there is no difference for me. My buddy has one and has zero issues that im having so i have direct comparison and totally different results. I'm going to swap mine out this weekend and if I get another lemon i'll be getting a Note. I came from a Syrocket and from a signal perspective it blows MY HOX away.
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i was thinking that too so i just went into the store to play with one, and while i can't test signal issues or the delayed notifications (a real pain in the ass), i could test the multitasking a bunch, and with absolutely no apps/games installed, it was a liiiiiiiittle better. i could get maps to stay up which i couldn't before, and sometimes when i went back to the browser it wouldn't need to reload, but only sometimes, but then i downloaded a couple games and neither one resumed. so i'm just gonna go leave it be. maybe the htc two x will work like android is supposed to.

I live in Vegas and the network rocks. No less than 20 meg in LTE and at least 3 in HSPA depending on signal.

Trolling for real. In no way is att 4g like edge .
I get 3-8 mb down on none lte In the twin cities
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seriously not trolling. i was asking an honest question because i jumped from t-mobile to at&t and i'm about to jump back because its so bad. see my original post for a more detailed description but yea, when its "4G" sometimes things just don't load at all (just like T-Mo's Edge), sometimes they take FOREVER (just like T-Mo's Edge) and the Facebook app is as good as dead (just like T-Mo's Edge)... And of course when I'm on "4G LTE" everything is blazing fast. It's like there's no middle ground. There's no just average good connection.

Post your 4G LTE speed tests on your S4!

Post a screen shot of your LTE speedtest and location!!! Let's see AT&T's blazing fast LTE. Will post mine one I get my S4.
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Crappy LTE speeds today... I usually get about 21Mbps +
City: Houston - Texas

Bjray said:
Crappy LTE speeds today... I usually get about 21Mbps +
City: Houston - Texas
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I once pulled 60mbps down on the iphone 5 and then turned LTE off and got 10mbps on H+. Very impressed with AT&T, yet I crave T-Mobile lol.

MattMJB0188 said:
I once pulled 60mbps down on the iphone 5 and then turned LTE off and got 10mbps on H+. Very impressed with AT&T, yet I crave T-Mobile lol.
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Lucky you. My country wouldn't get that kind of speed in 100 years
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MattMJB0188 said:
I once pulled 60mbps down on the iphone 5 and then turned LTE off and got 10mbps on H+. Very impressed with AT&T, yet I crave T-Mobile lol.
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Yeah, I just get chills when I get a big spike like that... I wonder if messing around with APN's will change anything?

I had crappy wifi today...but amazing lte...my wifi is usually around 10-15 anyways...heres mine
Edit: wifi is on bottom and lte is on top...still getting used to this keyboard
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a part of me wishes i had lte in my area instead of only hspa+ for those speeds. then another part of me is glad i dont because at&t's lte is known to eat more battery than hspa+.

31220 area in 478
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York, PA checking in. This is about 30% faster than my HTC One X.
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Woo Whoo!!! Best day ever! Not really but I get a new phone one day and the next day I finally get LTE in my city (Ocala, FL)
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1. Home WiFi via Comcast cable.
2-5. LTE at home (wow!)
6-7. LTE at work.

1 Home wifi with comcast.
2 AT&T Lte
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4g lte (so glad i dropped sprint).

Faluzure said:
4g lte (so glad i dropped sprint).
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Yeah Sprint is a joke. What's nice about AT&T is when you step outside an LTE area you have H+ to fall back on. I can easily pull 7-10 mbps down on HSPA+.
I'm also very fortunate to still have unlimited data on AT&T. With these blazing LTE results, I am sure some will go through their data in a day or two.
Can I ask which data plan you are on?

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Yeah Sprint is a joke. What's nice about AT&T is when you step outside an LTE area you have H+ to fall back on. I can easily pull 7-10 mbps down on HSPA+.
I'm also very fortunate to still have unlimited data on AT&T. With these blazing LTE results, I am sure some will go through their data in a day or two.
Can I ask which data plan you are on?
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That's hilarious. Coming from a WiMax phone, 7-10 Mbps was my max on WiMax. I know their 4G LTE will be better, but damn... they released their press release for my market back last October and there's still no movement on it 7 months later. I got tired of waiting (because they don't sell WiMax phones anymore), so I'd have to drop to their terrible 1Mbps 3G.
Well, I knew that would be a downfall (I opted for the 3 Gig plan). I could always bump up to the 5G (I think) plan for $15 more. Luckily my work & house has good broadband, so that should tide me over for the most part. If I really needed to stream something, my wife has the Unlimited Data still and I could always use hers.

Faluzure said:
That's hilarious. Coming from a WiMax phone, 7-10 Mbps was my max on WiMax. I know their 4G LTE will be better, but damn... they released their press release for my market back last October and there's still no movement on it 7 months later. I got tired of waiting (because they don't sell WiMax phones anymore), so I'd have to drop to their terrible 1Mbps 3G.
Well, I knew that would be a downfall (I opted for the 3 Gig plan). I could always bump up to the 5G (I think) plan for $15 more. Luckily my work & house has good broadband, so that should tide me over for the most part. If I really needed to stream something, my wife has the Unlimited Data still and I could always use hers.
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GSM is the superior technology which allows for H+. As much as I have been craving T-Mobile lately, I will be sticking with AT&T. Sprint and T-Mobile are crap carriers in the process of upgrading all their existing cell sites to compete with the big boys. Until that is done, I kinda feel sorry for their smartphone subscribers.

MattMJB0188 said:
Yeah Sprint is a joke. What's nice about AT&T is when you step outside an LTE area you have H+ to fall back on. I can easily pull 7-10 mbps down on HSPA+.
I'm also very fortunate to still have unlimited data on AT&T. With these blazing LTE results, I am sure some will go through their data in a day or two.
Can I ask which data plan you are on?
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MattMJB0188 said:
GSM is the superior technology which allows for H+. As much as I have been craving T-Mobile lately, I will be sticking with AT&T. Sprint and T-Mobile are crap carriers in the process of upgrading all their existing cell sites to compete with the big boys. Until that is done, I kinda feel sorry for their smartphone subscribers.
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Yeah... I'm going to be another statistic for the next quarter: http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/24/sprint-earnings-q1-2013/ It's sad. I guess loyalty only gets you so far until you start lagging behind your competitors. I was with them for 13 years.
Very happy with my new service though. The most important thing is that I have cell signal in my home and work... basically in buildings. Sprint's coverage was so bad indoors, it would zap my battery trying to look for cell service constantly.

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53 Mbps down | 20 Mbps up
About time I start getting real LTE speeds...
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